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This Was Named The Most Boring Tourist Trap In Colorado… And We Couldn’t Disagree More

With our purple mountain majesties, gorgeous cityscapes, and countless shops, restaurants, and other attractions, Colorado is an absolute paradise for locals and tourists alike. While we have a tough time coming up with something overrated or boring around the state, one publication has, naming this spot as the most prominent tourist trap in Colorado. Here is why we disagree:

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Do you often feel like you have to be in several places at once but can't make it happen? At the Four Corners Monument, you can!

If you didn't take a picture of yourself sprawled out across the four states, were you really even there?

While we think that visiting the Four Corners is a rite of passage here in Colorado, others find it to be a little drab, including travel site Far & Wide, who awarded the Four Corners as one of their "Most Boring Tourist Traps in Every U.S. State."

As per Far & Wide, the entire state of Colorado is beautiful (which, of course, we couldn't agree with more!), which they say makes the Four Corners plaque all the more disappointing.

While we have to agree that the Monument plaque itself is a bit lackluster, we are still a fan of the Four Corners, thanks to both its history and the fact that you can skip around four different states in a matter of seconds.

After the Civil War, efforts began to survey and set borders around the already-established states and various territories, with the lines between Colorado and New Mexico drawn in 1868, followed by New Mexico and Arizona (1875), Colorado and Utah (1878), and Utah and Arizona (1901).